University workers deserve fair pay says NZCTU
Source: Council of Trade Unions – CTU
The New Zealand Council of Trade Unions stands in solidarity with the striking university workers today.
The strike, led...
55-hectares of Buller land purchased to protect native species
Source: New Zealand Government
Two blocks of Buller land rich in native species have been purchased by the Crown to be protected in perpetuity as...
Testing for Mycoplasma bovis stepped up with new strain
Source: Ministry for Primary Industries
Summer testing for Mycoplasma bovis will be stepped up after New Zealand’s nationwide surveillance programme identified a new strain of...
Police acknowledge IPCA findings into shooting incident in Te Teko
Source: New Zealand Police (District News)
Police acknowledge the findings of the Independent Police Conduct Authority in relation to an incident where a firearm was...
Update – Road closures, Wellington region
Source: New Zealand Police (District News)
Wainuiomata Road, Lower Hutt (Wainui Hill) has reopened with a 30kmh speed limit.
The road was temporarily shut this evening...
NZ police need better training in privacy and human rights law – here is...
Source: University of Waikato
The New Zealand Police were recently found to have been routinely and illegally photographing young people and adults in public. Many...
NZ could be financially well placed amid global challenges
Source: MakeLemonade.nz
Tāmaki Makaurau — The government deficit is half of the $9.7 billion forecast and as a percentage of GDP it is running better...
Inflation then crime remains biggest concern for Kiwis, survey
Source: MakeLemonade.nz
Te Whanganui a Tara – New Zealanders are concerned most about inflation, then crime, according to the latestIpsos NZ survey.
Concerns about crime, law...
Cutting down forests: what are the drivers of deforestation?
Source: MakeLemonade.nz
London – Every year the world loses around five million hectares of forest. Actually 95 percent of this occurs in the tropics. At...
Battery fire in underground storage
Source: Worksafe New Zealand
6 October 2022
On 8 July 2022 at 10.55pm, two tunnel workers observed smoke emerging out of a heavy-duty steel toolbox that...
Report shows reducing actual farming emissions vital
Source: Green Party
Evidence shows that relying on offsets to reduce agriculture’s impact on the climate will not work, the Green Party says.
“We cannot plant...
Greens back uni strikes and call on Hipkins to bring sector to the table
Source: Green Party
The Green Party is calling on the Minister of Education to bring the tertiary education sector together so we can urgently improve...
